Grapefruit Harvest IPA

Bottle. Hazy golden with a small white head. Citrus, ruby grapefruit aroma. Nice. Oh an IPA with legit grapefruit flavor. Tasty.

12oz bottle pours a clear dark gold with some foaming white head. Nose has some traditional IPA notes, lemon, orange, mild dankness, some sweetness, but there is a fresh juice character there too. A surprising level of juiciness in the flavor, grapefruit juice that is, some of those San Pellegrino fruit sodas, lemon, orange. Really drinks more like a radler than anything else. Not bad in that way, just not an IPA.

Draft at the source. Hazy straw color, medium white head. Aroma of light citrus. Taste has grapefruit but not much acidity. OK.

Bottle at home in Salisbury - picked up at Stateline. Pours mostly clear orange-gold with a large, frothy white head. Whoa, yeah, lots of grapefruit juice in the aroma, perhaps some grapefruit gummy candies. Medium sweet flavor with some bready pale malts, a bit of pine, citrus rind, more grapefruit essence, faint lemon. Medium bodied with fine to average carbonation. Moderately sweet to finish with refreshing, juicy grapefruit character, some bitter pine notes, understated pale bread, lemon, tangerine. Actually pretty decent.

Hazy light pink tinted bronzed and copper coloured body with a nice two centimetre tall tan head. Aroma of very resinous hops, grass, herbs, grapefruit of course, but the dankest of hops noticeable. Medium-bodied; Assertive aggressive hop bitterness coupled with a definite grapefruit juice bitterness shows well up front but is fairly one-sided, there isn’t much after all the bitterness and mouth puckering. Aftertaste is nice with a definite fruity kick coupled with the pungent and relatively earthy, herbal notes coming from the hops. Overall, a nice and one-dimensional beer with the hops joining well for a bitterness attack alongside the grapefruit. I sampled this twelve ounce bottle (stubby, Abita style, no twist off though) purchased from World Market in Arlington (Pentagon City), Virginia on 22-February-2014 for US$1.99 sampled at home in Washington on 18-May-2014.

Sampled at the 2014 Untapped festival in Fort Worth. Pours a clear light gold with a white head that lasts throughout the beer. Flavor has a nice combination with grapefruit and sweet citrus backed by light grains. Flavor has more sweet grains with light grapefruit and citrus backing.

Bottle from Total Wine in Folsom, CA. Pours golden amber with a white head. Aroma is mostly grapefruit and zest. Med body. Flavor is grapefruit supported by moderately sweet caramel. There’s a lot of hop and zest. I’m getting a burn - Strongly flavored. Finishing very citrus/zest/bitter.

12 ounce bottle into pint glass, best before 4/29/2014. Pours moderately hazy golden amber color with a 1-2 finger dense white head with good retention, that reduces to a small cap that lingers. Spotty soapy lacing clings down the glass. Aromas of big grapefruit, grapefruit peel, tangerine, orange zest, citrus rind, floral, grass, light pine, light caramel, light bread, and floral/grassy earthiness. Damn nice aromas with nice authentic grapefruit and bright hop notes with moderate malt presence; and good strength. Taste of big grapefruit, grapefruit peel, tangerine, orange zest, citrus rind, floral, grass, light pine, light caramel, bread, and floral/grassy earthiness. Fair amount of citrus rind bitterness on the finish; with lingering notes of grapefruit, tangerine, citrus peel, floral, grass, light pine, light bread, and floral earthiness on the finish for a good bit. Very nice authentic grapefruit and hop flavors with moderate malt sweetness; with a nice malt/bitterness balance and zero cloying flavors after the finish. Medium carbonation and body; with a smooth, and fairly crisp/sticky mouthfeel that is nice. Alcohol is very well hidden with minimal warming present after the finish. Overall this is a very nice fruit IPA. All around good balance of grapefruit, hop, and malt flavors; and very smooth and crisp to drink. A very enjoyable offering.